SAFFiR is a humanoid robot that would be outfitted with sensors and is being designed to interact with people and perform many of the dangerous firefighting tasks now done by humans.
The citation follows an investigation in September, prompted by a complaint, which determined employees were working on top of rail cars without fall protection while preparing the cars for loading of corn and soybeans.
The company's CEO recently announced improved safety results across the company, including 84 operations with no lost-time injuries and two former Massey Energy mines removed from MSHA's potential pattern of violation list.
Between 2000 and 2050, the proportion of the world's population over 60 years will double from about 11 percent to 22 percent.
Aetna and the Aetna Foundation awarded $750,000 in grants for three studies, including one analyzing the communication between home health nurses and physicians caring for recently hospitalized Medicare patients with congestive heart failure.
The center will help expand the Red Cross’s ability to engage with the public during emergencies. Tests run during recent tornadoes in the Midwest enabled Red Cross team members to determine where to position workers on the ground.
The new requirements for testing and certification become effective in 30 days, but manufactures can make and sell currently approved respirators for the next three years.
The report released Feb. 28 by researchers from the Indiana University School of Public and Environmental Affairs and the IU European Union Center is being cited by the American Chemical Council as proof REACH won't work well in the US.
The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection is observing Flood Safety Awareness Week March 12-16.
The new policy is geared to enhance the role played by plant workers in determining root causes of incidents and promoting facility safety.
Alzheimer’s is the sixth-leading cause of death in the country and the only cause of death among the top 10 in the United States that cannot be prevented, cured, or slowed.
The $222.2 million request includes $3.7 million in base funding for the National Offshore Training and Learning Center, where federal inspectors are being trained.
Six ranges or sites will be chosen, as Congress ordered. But the legislative mandate contained no funding to set up, manage, or oversee them.
Both lawsuits allege violations of minimum wage, overtime, and recordkeeping laws and failure to issue itemized wage deduction statements.
OSHA's Houston South Area Office initiated a safety inspection on Sept. 7, 2011, as a result of several employee complaints, while concurrently conducting a site-specific target inspection.
The final rule was scheduled to take effect May 1, 2012, but it is being delayed 14 months to accommodate railroads' training schedules.
When completed, the building's broadcast center is projected to generate more than $10 million annually by broadcasting TV and FM radio signals. The building's construction has reached the 92nd floor.